Weather forecast woes

Yikes! It's gray outside, darker than it should be on a summer evening. Light rain is just starting to fall. The forecast? That's my yikes!

FROM 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA DURING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. Forecast courtesy of the National Weather Service Forecast Office